In Negombo, Sri Lanka, a couple named Nalin and Nisansala pose with their 126 bridesmaids during their Guinness World Record-breaking wedding. The newlyweds shattered the old mark of 96 bridesmaids held by a couple in Bangkok. Also included in the wedding party were 25 best men, 20 page boys and 23 flower girls.

Get the little fur ball a scratching board … so he can sleep on it, like Miley here. He'll be better rested when he shreds your couch. (Miley is the resident feline at VA Medical Center's Community Living Center in San Francisco.)

will tell you that this boy is unable to move his king because 1) it's surrounded by other pieces; and 2) it weighs about three times as much as he does. (Promotion for the FIDE World Chess Championship at Marina beach in Chennai, India.)

A Thai riot cop takes pictures of demonstrators as police quash anti-government sentiment in Bangkok. Protesters rallied downtown against a bill that would grant amnesty to leaders and others involved in often-violent political conflicts since 2004.

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The boys in the bins:

Palestinian youths play among old trash containers next to a flea market in Gaza City.

The boys in the bins:

Palestinian youths play among old trash containers next to a flea market in Gaza City.

Photo: Mohammed Abed, AFP/Getty Images

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Psst, I'm fresh out of ideas. You?

Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (right) and his partner, Netherlands' Jean-Julien Rojer, cover their mouths so their opponents, the American Bryan brothers, can't lip-read their strategy at the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Not that it mattered. The Bryans won anyway, 7-6, 1-6, 14-12.

Afghan day laborer Zekrullah, who looks much older than his 23 years, takes a break after preparing kilns for firing at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul. In the last two years as U.S. and NATO troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, brick makers say business has dropped off by almost half.

A radiograph image shows an arrow lodged in the body of a cat named Elliot who was found on a house porch by Mayor Peter Nystrom as he campaigned for re-election in Norwich, Conn. An animal-control officer took Elliot to veterinary Dr. Kathleen Tangari, who removed the shaft. She said it missed the jugular, the lungs and heart, and likely had been in the cat for two days. Elliot suffered some muscle and nerve damage, but now can go home for good.